Pardus Parental Control before 0.7.0 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in the polkit policy that allows unprivileged local users to disable parental controls as root. Attackers can invoke PPCActivator.py with the --disable argument via pkexec to remove all restrictions including DNS filtering and application limits without authentication.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
High
Complete data modification
Availability
None
No disruption
CVSS Vector v4.0
Weakness Type (CWE)
References 6
https://github.com/pardus/pardus-parental-control
disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/pardus/pardus-parental-control/blob/4045f9513fa2d19ad9dbee25…
disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/pardus/pardus-parental-control/commit/42d8373b6b8d9bf348e937…
disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/pardus/pardus-parental-control/pull/5
disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/pardus/pardus-parental-control/releases/tag/debian%2F0.7.0
disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pardus-parental-control-before-0.7.0-incor…
disclosure@vulncheck.com